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Does mobile phone sat nav use the internet ?

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DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite

7 May 2012 at 4:47PM edited 7 May 2012 at 5:07PM

gjchester wrote: »

Google maps takes map data from the server as you use it so Yes.

Offline mapping may be from memory /SD card such as NavFree, or Nokia Maps that will not use data.

Downloading Navfree for Android now :cool:

Took 19 mins

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gjchester Posts: 5,741 Forumite

7 May 2012 at 6:07PM

DUTR wrote: »

Downloading Navfree for Android now :cool:

Took 19 mins

Happy to help...

Waze is good too as it crowdsources traffic information but that downloads maps as needed rather than a downloading all to the phone like NavFree..

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